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Recycling
Recycling is the process of taking up of old materials and waste products and using them to make another product to complete the cycle instead of just throwing them away. Much of the products used for packaging today like paper, plastic, glass, metal, electronics, aluminum cans are already recycled. In other words, recycling of old products could produce fresh supply of new same products.
3 Steps In Recycling
There are 3 factors which we needs to consider while thinking about how to recycle Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. You can reduce the amount of waste by just selecting those products which do minimal waste. Choose products that can be easily recycled, can be used productively and have minimum packaging. Carry hand made bags instead of plastic bags. Search for the products that are more environment friendly. Give away old items which are not in use or which can not be recycled to poor people. Instead of paper mail subscribe to E-paper. Reuse involves using the items in the other way rather than discarding them.
History Of Recycling
Recycling may be a modern concept today but recycling projects throughout history were driven by basic needs, supply and demand. Recycling actually started in Great Britain but was adopted on much wider scale by America in the late 1930s. Due to economic recession recycling became the necessity for the people. In the 1940s, goods such as nylon, rubber and many metals were rationed and recycled to help support the war effort. In early 1970s environmental problems and rising energy costs forced people for more recycling. Though recycling suffered earlier but its acceptance has increased year after year.
Importance of Recycling
Recycling is important in todays world if we want to leave this planet for our future generations. It is good for the environment, since we are making new products from the old products which are of no use to us. Recycling begins at home. If you are not throwing away any of your old product and instead utilizing it for something new then you are actually recycling. When you think of recycling you should really think about the whole idea; reduce, reuse and recycle. Weve been careless up to this point with the way weve treated the Earth and its time to change; not just the way we do things but the way we think.
Recycling Material
Recycling has become the major process going on in the industries. Anything that can serve as the source to make other things is called recyclable materials. The materials that can be recycled are glass, aluminum, plastic water bottles, metal scrap, different kinds of paper, electronics computers, cellular phones, keyboards, batteries and other small electronic equipment, textile, wood, wire, cables, plastic product, rubber etc. Apart from this industrial recycling, all the leaves, food leftovers, waste, twigs and other garden waste are decomposed by worms and saprobes and are converted into fertilizers
Tire/Rubber Recycling
Tires become totally unusable once they are torn and damaged. They then end up in taking up the space in our landfills which affects the environment and also results in climate change. The best way to reduce the filling of tires in the landfills is to become involved in tire recycling. One of the major issue in tire recycling is the durability of tires as they are very hard to break down and therefore are seen lying in open space in large heaps. With the market growing for recycling of tires, many companies are chipping in with the help of grants from the local and state governments and are finding some practical uses of putting that waste into some valuable uses. Recycling of tires involved taking in the old tire and converting them back into other type of products. It is estimated several millions tires from private as well as commercial vehicles are discarded every year. Earlier only a few percentages of tires were recycled bit with more companies coming in and help given by government bodies, about 80% of tires are recycled which prevents old tires from taking up the space in landfill sites
Other Processes Freezing Method: It is a less common process. In this process the rubber is frozen with the help of liquid nitrogen. It is then processed in mills and grounded in the similar method already mentioned above. Pyrolysis: It is the process of melting rubber in the absence of oxygen so that combustion does not take place and toxic fumes are not produced. It is decomposed into char, oil and gases during this process. Although it is realistic but still research is going on to make it happen on a bigger scale.
Computer Recycling
Why Computer Recycling is so Important?
Mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium are harmful for humans. If they somehow by bad disposal, reach drinking water they will cause many disease. Many landfills have computers as the major scrap. Not only they increase pollution but have drastic effects for economy. There are millions of people in the word that cannot afford computers.
Recycling of Mobile Phones It is a non-biodegradable waste and comprises a lot of the landfills. Glass cannot be decomposed naturally, although it darkens in color but still remains glass in composition. So its recycling is very necessary. It is not harmful for human health, but it gives a dirty look to the land. Industrial Process The making of new mobile phones requires raw material, which can be decreased by recycling. The covers and protective casing of mobile phones can be made from the old ones. During the recycling process the functioning parts are removed and are used in low cost gadgets. But the transportation of raw material from source to destination produces pollution by emission of poisonous gasses. The productions in industries also increase pollution as wastes are secreted from the industries which can be in solid form or in gaseous forms. So it is better that the mobile phone are traded and recycled among people instead of all the industrial recycling.
Glass recycling
Glass is a very important inorganic material which is a one of the largest productions of industries. It can be made into a variety of different products used for mans daily living. It is an amorphous solid which can have different compositions of semiconductors but most importantly are made of molten silica along with limestone and soda ash. Glass can be of blue, brown, green color or may be clear. Glass is used in making crockery, windows, doors, mirrors, disposable bottles and many other household items.
Metal Recycling
The metals are very useful and versatile. They have many uses in cars, trucks, ships, aero planes, ovens, cutlery, railway tracks, crockery and it can also be used for packaging. The beauty of metal recycling is that that it can be recycled again and again without changing its properties. The most important metals which are used are (nonferrous) aluminum, tin, brass, copper and (ferrous) steel and iron. Sorting of metals during recycling becomes easier than that of plastic recycling as the magnetic properties can be checked.
Waste management hierarchy Reduce Reuse Recycle and compost Recover energy Dispose
When choosing a waste option for your business, you should consider: what waste facilities are available near your business premises the type of waste you have to dispose of. the cost or profit involved in dealing with your waste. the environmental impacts of disposing of your waste.
Reducing waste
Look for easy wins - seemingly trivial changes can produce significant savings, such as printing and photocopying double-sided, refilling printer cartridges, switching off lights and electrical equipment, and using rechargeable batteries. Procure carefully - buy only what you need, control stock and streamline processes across departments. Buy equipment in bulk to reduce packaging and consider the product's durability and lifespan - replacing equipment less often will reduce the waste you create.. Review your processes - ensure that equipment and materials are used efficiently and packaging is kept to a minimum. Product design - keep the amount of materials you use in products to a minimum. Packaging design and use - make sure you use as little packaging as possible to achieve an adequate level of protection for your products. Use advice about resource efficiency from a range of organisations.. Adopting a strategic and systematic approach is the best way to achieve
significant reductions in the amount of waste that your business produces.
Reusing waste
You may be able to reuse materials and equipment in your own business or another organisation may be able to reuse your waste
Recycling waste
Recycling is the third-best waste-management option for your business, after reducing and reusing waste. It is less beneficial to the environment than reuse because energy and resources are needed to reprocess the waste before the materials can be used again.
Disposing of waste
Disposing of waste at landfill sites or incinerating it without energy recovery are the least sustainable waste management options and you should only use them as a last resort. Landfilling waste Some types of waste are banned from landfill sites, including: corrosive, explosive, oxidising, flammable or infectious wastes tyres liquid wastes wastes with more than 6 per cent total organic content automotive and industrial batteries animal by-products, such as agricultural carcasses and uncooked meat products
The company's cement plant manages the waste from the soda ash plant. The company has also reclaimed saline and alkaline waste dumps by using fly ash as sediment. About 12.5 acres have been converted into a green belt and a further expansion of 10 acres is in progress. This time soda ash effluent solids are being used along with fly ash.
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